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latest robotics news
Robotics built Pittsburgh’s tech hubs, but future success isn’t automatic
Oakland-born tech has helped transform sites from the North Shore to Hazelwood Green. To build on that momentum through 2076, the city will need new business-building infrastructure.
KEF Robotics plans for success with $1.25 million Air Force contract
After a major SBIR funding delay, the startup is ready to prove Pittsburgh’s dual strengths in defense and autonomy.
What does Agility’s merger and pending $2.5B IPO mean for Pittsburgh?
The Oregon-based startup is going public as part of an impending merger with a special-purpose acquisition company.
A Pittsburgh high school robotics team made worlds by engineering around budget limits
Steel Dragons set their own FIRST championship record with reused parts, duct tape and support from sponsors.
Pittsburgh Startup Tracker
What’s a startup’s potential for growth and impact on its community — and how does that change over time?
The tracker assigns a RealLIST Score to each company, calculated via proprietary formula using data from industry-standard sources like Crunchbase and PitchBook, plus details from the US Patent & Trademark Office, the Technical.ly Innovation Index and more.
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‘Five years in AI is an eternity’: Inside Pittsburgh’s work to govern a technology moving too fast to predict
The city is catching up with its workers’ AI use, prioritizing getting staff up to speed with guidelines it hasn’t yet made public. Its decisions could ripple for decades.
Meet the early-stage startups scaling up with Pittsburgh’s free founder coaching program
As a new class of entrepreneurs graduates, applications are open for the Anvil Founder Coaching Program the next cohort.
Looking to upskill? Here are the Pittsburgh coding programs you should know
From intensive bootcamps to free community alternatives, here is your searchable guide to navigating tech training in PGH.
Inside Wood Wide AI, the Pittsburgh startup taking on one of LLMs’ biggest blind spots
Wood Wide AI has raised $3 million to build an API to help language models handle structured data with greater accuracy in high-stakes decisions.
Meet Pelliá, the skincare brand representing Pittsburgh in Meta’s PA accelerator
Repeat entrepreneur Courtney Williamson landed one of 10 spots in the gBETA Pennsylvania program.
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